Stephen Marsh
Well-known member
In OS 10.11 Apple removed the option to securely empty the trash (as multiple pass overwrites are not good for SSD).
I used to use this feature to force empty the trash.
OS 10.11 often requires that an open application be quit for the trash to empty a file that was recently opened.
I searched for a terminal command to force empty the trash and I found the command as detailed in the attached image. It might be overkill, but it works…sort of:
This empties the trash OK, however it always pops up an error message that needs an OK (The action run shell script encountered an error). I am guessing that I have not setup my Automator application correctly, the command works but I would like to not have an error message requiring an OK.
Any ideas on how to fix this up?
Stephen Marsh
I used to use this feature to force empty the trash.
OS 10.11 often requires that an open application be quit for the trash to empty a file that was recently opened.
I searched for a terminal command to force empty the trash and I found the command as detailed in the attached image. It might be overkill, but it works…sort of:
This empties the trash OK, however it always pops up an error message that needs an OK (The action run shell script encountered an error). I am guessing that I have not setup my Automator application correctly, the command works but I would like to not have an error message requiring an OK.
Any ideas on how to fix this up?
Stephen Marsh